KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is targeting more than 90 per cent of independent smallholders (ISH) to achieve Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification by the end of next year.
MPOB Director-General Datuk Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir based his optimism on 76.9 per cent of the total 210,891 independent oil palm smallholders who are licensed with the board are already certified under the MSPO standard.
